Influenced by Metamorphoses, a myth told by the Roman poet Ovid, the series of work explores Phaethon, who descends into heaven on the search for his father Phoebus, God of the sun. Having induced his father to allow him to drive the chariot of the sun across the heavens for one day, the horses, feeling a weaker hand, run wildly out of their course and towards the earth, threatening to burn it. Seeing this danger, Zeus intervenes and destroys Phaethon with a bolt of lightning and he falls from the sky, landing in the legendary river Eridanus where he was found by the river nymphs who mourn and bury him – their tears turning into amber.
The story will be portrayed through an array of medias: moving image, sculpture, print and performance.
Title: Son of the Sun
Year: 2015
Category: moving image
Duration: 7:20 min
Location: Helgenæs, Denmark
Materials: Montage of 3D image.
Dimensions: ( Variable monitor/screen)
Exhibited: 2015 PHAETON The Antique Museum, Aarhus Denmark
Animation and editing: Helle Kingbird Bjerregaard
Music: Andreas Tegnander
Photo: Alida Sayer & the artist
Title: A Dancing Star
Year: 2015
Category: moving image
Duration: 6:15 min
Location: various locations, Denmark
Materials: Montage of 3D image.
Dimensions: ( Variable monitor/screen)
Exhibited: 2015 PHAETON The Antique Museum, Aarhus Denmark
Animation and editing: Helle Kingbird Bjerregaard
Photo: Alida Sayer & Nanna Bjerregaard
Title: Feeling the weaker hand, runs wildly (star map)
Year: 2015
Category: wall hanging
Materials: Direct print on animal hide
Dimensions: 170 x 100 cm
Exhibited: 2015 PHAETON The Antique Museum, Aarhus Denmark
Title: And their tears turned into amber (the fall of Phaeton)
Year: 2015
Category: performance
Duration: 20 min
Location: The Antique Museum, Aarhus Denmark
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: 3 x 2 m
Exhibited: 2015 PHAETON The Antique Museum, Aarhus Denmark
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